Find and Compare Qualifications Frameworks

Find and Compare Qualifications Frameworks

Compare the results of the national referencing process by choosing the national flag. Up to 5 examples of qualifications are provided for each NQF level. National systems may include many other qualifications at those levels.

Austria

Denmark

Estonia

France

Germany

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Malta

Netherlands

Norway

Portugal

Slovenia

UK - Wales

UK - England & Northern Ireland

UK - Scotland

Knowledge at the most advanced frontier of a field of work or study and at the interface between fields

The most advanced and specialised skills and techniques, including synthesis and evaluation, required to solve critical problems in research and/or innovation and to extend and redefine existing knowledge or professional practice

Demonstrate substantial authority, innovation, autonomy, scholarly and professional integrity and sustained commitment to the development of new ideas or processes at the forefront of work or study contexts including research

Highly specialised knowledge, some of which is at the forefront of knowledge in a field of work or study, as the basis for original thinking and/or research; critical awareness of knowledge issues in a field and at the interface between different fields

Specialised problem-solving skills required in research and/or innovation in order to develop new knowledge and procedures and to integrate knowledge from different fields

Manage and transform work or study contexts that are complex, unpredictable and require new strategic approaches; take responsibility for contributing to professional knowledge and practice and/or for reviewing the strategic performance of teams

Advanced knowledge of a field of work or study, involving a critical understanding of theories and principles

Advanced skills, demonstrating mastery and innovation, required to solve complex and unpredictable problems in a specialised field of work or study

Manage complex technical or professional activities or projects, taking responsibility for decision making in unpredictable work or study contexts; take responsibility for managing professional development of individuals and groups

Comprehensive, specialised, factual and theoretical knowledge within a field of work or study and an awareness of the boundaries of that knowledge

A comprehensive range of cognitive and practical skills required to develop creative solutions to abstract problems

Exercise management and supervision in contexts of work or study activities where there is unpredictable change review and develop performance of self and others

Factual and theoretical knowledge in broad contexts within a field of work or study

A range of cognitive and practical skills required to generate solutions to specific problems in a field of work or study

Exercise self-management within the guidelines of work or study contexts that are usually predictable, but are subject to change; supervise the routine work of others, taking some responsibility for the evaluation and improvement of work or study activities

Knowledge of facts, principles, processes and general concepts, in a field of work or study

A range of cognitive and practical skills required to accomplish tasks and solve problems by selecting and applying basic methods, tools, materials and information

Take responsibility for completion of tasks in work or study; adapt own behaviour to circumstances in solving problems

Basic factual knowledge of a field of work or study

Basic cognitive and practical skills required to use relevant information in order to carry out tasks and to solve routine problems using simple rules and tools